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Selling Books by the Truckload on Amazon.com
Author Marketing Experts Inc
Get your book marketing on the express train to
success!
http://www.amarketingexpert.com
Turning authors into Success Stories
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Benefits of Being an Author
• More speaking gigs• More media• More business• Widen your market• No advertising
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You Are Already an Author If You…
• Have a blog• Have published a white paper• Have written articles• Do webinars or speaking
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Short is the New Long
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Own a Narrow Market
• Find a narrow area within a broader market.• Publish exclusively to that niche.• Publish consistently.
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Quick Steps to Publishing
• Format your book• Great book cover• eBook only – publish on Amazon in 10 minutes
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Amazon by the Numbers
• 3,500 books published daily in the US• 4 million books on Amazon• No way to track number of eBooks
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The Long Tail of Interest
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Why Amazon?
• 95% of all books and eBooks are sold on Amazon.
• The more sales you get, the more visibility you get.
• Amazon is its own search engine.
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How the Algorithms Work
• Title popularity• Matching search term• Reviews (aka social proof)
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Keyword Tools
1. Ubersuggest.org2. https://freekeywords.wordtracker.com
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Amazon Search Suggestions
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Where to Use Keywords
• Title• Subtitle• Book Description• Back-end of Amazon
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Amazon Keyword Secrets
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Book Description
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Keyword How-to’s
• Use your keyword string up 7 times in your book description.
• Swap out keywords.
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The Importance of Amazon Categories
• Narrow categories are the best.• Getting to #1 in your category will help trigger more
Amazon promotion.
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Category Tips
• Category flipping.• Find a narrow market within two broad categories.
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Amazon Author Central
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Pitching Amazon Reviewers
http://www.amazon.com/review/top-reviewers
• Find the right reviewers, even if they aren’t in the top 20 or top 50.
• Personalize your pitch to them, perhaps mention other books they’ve reviewed.
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Another Way to Find Reviewers
Search string (in Google): • http://www.amazon.com/review/top-
reviewers “Top 500 reviewer” “Business”
Or you can also use:
• http://www.amazon.com/review/top-reviewers “Top 1000 reviewer” “Business”
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How to Enhance Your Headline
• Bolding: <b>The text you want bolded</b> • Italics: <i>The text you want italicized</i> • Headline: <h1>The text you want for a headline</h1>• Amazon Orange Headline: <h2>The text you want
bolded</h2>
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Fun Amazon Hacks
• SellMoreBooksonAmazon.com – get your own URL using your keywords!
• Add photo’s to your book page! • Ask for reader help.• Price jumping. • Kindle countdown.
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Cross Selling
• Link all your books. • Offer something exclusive in your book.
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How to Bundle
• Three to four books in a similar market/topic. • Same author or different author or authors. • Old titles = New book!
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